LSST:UK Consortium (External organisation)

Activity: Membership typesMembership of team

Description

UK participation in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time - survey from the upcoming Vera Rubin telescope in Chile with scientific goals:

- Studying dark energy and dark matter by measuring weak gravitational lensing, baryon acoustic oscillations, and photometry of type Ia supernovae, all as a function of redshift.
- Mapping small objects in the Solar System, particularly near-Earth asteroids and Kuiper belt objects. LSST is expected to increase the number of cataloged objects by a factor of 10–100.[68] It will also help with the search for the hypothesized Planet Nine.
- Detecting transient astronomical events including novae, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, quasar variability, and gravitational lensing, and providing prompt event notifications to facilitate follow-up.
- Mapping the Milky Way.
Period2021 → …
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • ASTRONOMY
  • Star Formation